Rotatable laundry rack



APril 929. J. S. PATTERSON l;710, 7l1

' ROTATABLE LAUNDRY RACK Filed Aug. 20, 1927 Patented Apr. 30, 1929.

JOHN S. PATTERSON, OF EAST NORTHI'OBT, NEW YORK.

ROTATABLE LAUNDRY BACK.

Application filed August 20, 1927. Serial No. 214,246.

This invention relates to a rack which is particularly adapted for use in laundries, where it is desired to arrange a number or groups of garments on a designated hanger, and to prevent intermingling with other groups.

The invention comprises, broadly, a rota table rack moimted on a shaft. The rack is preferably provided with a )lurality of radial and pendant arms to wiich are attached in super iosition a plurality of hangers. The sha t provided with means which permits rotation of the rack in one direction only, and with means for hindering such rotation when a garment comes in contact with said means. The object of this last means is to prevent the possibility of placing a garment belonging to another group on, an arm already occupied. This means may comprise a bar which extends out horizontally from the shaft.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown the preferred GIllbOt'lll'llBIltS of my invcntion.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view thereof.

Fig. 9 is a detail of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a detail of Fig. 2.

Referring to Fig. 1, the device comprises a base 1, on which is vertically mounted a shaft 2. Rotatably mounted on said shaft is a radial rack 23 having pendant arms 4.- to which are secured hangers 5. Mounted on said shaft above the rack is a toothed wheel 6 and a stop finger 7, which permits rotation of the rack in one direction only. A spring finger S bears against the stop finger to keep the latter in constant engagement with said wheel.

The rack may be stamped out of: one sheet of metal and bent into the conformation shown.

The hanger comprises an extending arm 9, one end of which is riveted to the pendant arm at, while on the other end is riveted an arcuate piece 10 over which the garment is draped. In order that the garments draped over one arm may not come in contact with each other, the pendant arms are bent inwards and thus offset the garments one from the other.

In operating the device in practice, beginning with the arm marked A, garments belonging to a particular group are hung upon said arm. Garments belonging to other groups are hung on succeeding arms by rot-ating the rack around. \Vhen the arm A reaches the position marked Z, the garments hung therefrom will, upon further attempt at rotation, come in contact with the bar 11 mounted on the shaft, and thus act as a signal to the operator.

I do not limit myself to the particular form of apparatus illustrated and described herein, since the invention is susceptible of other embodiments or modifications which come within the scope of the invention, as defined by my claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a device of the kind described, a central supporting post, a spider mounted on top of said post and having a series of arms having inner ortions extending radially from the post in the same plane and each having a terminal portion extending clownwardly from the end of the radial portion and inclined inwardly toward the post, the lower ends of said terminal portions being free from the post, and hangers carried by said terminal portions.

2. In a device of the kind described, a central supporting est, a spider mounted on top of said post and having a series of arms having inner portions extending radially from the post 1n the same plane and each having a terminal port-ion extending downwardly from the end of the radial portion and inclined inwardly toward the post, the lower ends of said terminal portions being free from the post, and hangers carried by said terminal portions and spaced along the under and outer faces thereof.

3. In a device of the kind described, a post having a reduced end forming a shoulder, a hub mounted on said reduced end to revolve thereon, a flange on the upper end of said hub having a series of arms extending radially therefrom, each of said arms having its extremity bent downwardly and inwardly to incline toward the post, the ends of said arms being free from the post, and hangers on the undersides of the arm extremities.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature.

JOHN S. PATTERSON. 

